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hughes, langston. "langston hughes." (2010): 2. Web. 30 Apr 2010. <http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/83>.
  1. he wrote 16 novels of his poems
  2. he sterted writting poetry in the eight grade
  3. he attended columbia university
  4. His first published poem was one of his most famous, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"
  5. he wrote short plays
  6. essays
  7. short stories
  8. one of his fav things to do was sitting in clubs listening to blues, jazz, and writing poetry
  9. after he did this, he started writting about the blues and jazz
  10. he wrote his first book in 1926
  11. he devoted his life to writting and lecturing
  12. He authored sixteen books of poems
  13. two novels
  14. three collections of short stories
  15. four volumes of "editorial" and "documentary" fiction
  16. twenty plays
  17. children's poetry
  18. musicals and operas
  19. he wrote 3 three autobiographies
  20. he also wrote a dozen radio and television scripts and dozens of magazine articles

cite 2
"Langston Hughes" Encyclopedia of World Biography. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 29 Apr. 2010 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.
  1. American poet and central figure of the Harlem Renaissance
  2. lived in several countries
  3. the weary blues was his first volume of poetry
  4. this volume was influenced by jazz rythems
  5. it was published by Vachel Lindsay
  6. his writing often uses dialect and jazz rhythms
  7. he was known as the “Negro Poet Laureate.”
  8. he blurred the line between high and low culture
  9. he addressed black audiences through the use of oral tradition
  10. improvisation
  11. mass cultural forms, including the gospel musical play
  12. His writing for children, in particular, reflected his belief that race consciousness and pride could be transmitted through literature and art
  13. he was Renowned for the humor and compassion in his social renewal
  14. he was ranked as one of the most influential american writers of the 20th century
  15. he is also known as a moving spirit in the artistic ferment of the 1920s
  16. he expressed the mind and spirit of most african americans
  17. he received an award for a book that improved race relations
  18. his work earned him an international reputation unlike any other african american writer
  19. he traveled all over the world
  20. he didnt devote that much writing toi african roots

print source 1
"Hughes, Langston (1902-1967)." DISCovering Biography. Online ed. Detroit: Gale, 2003. Student Resource Center - Gold. Web. 30 Apr. 2010
  1. Hughes devoted his versatile and prolific career to portraying the urban experience of working-class blacks
  2. he had put the rythm of jazz and blues music
  3. he used colloquial language to reflect black American culture
  4. he had a gentle humor
  5. he wrote about being seduced by the American Dream of freedom and equality
  6. he was born in joplin missouri
  7. he would dip his pen in ink not acid
  8. "possibly the most influential black American writer of the twentieth century,"
  9. he also worked as a journalist
  10. He was the first black American to support himself entirely by writing and giving lectures.
  11. he taught english to wealthy children
  12. Hughes became one of the leading figures of the "Harlem Renaissance" of the 1920s
  13. he did not limit himself to any one form or subject
  14. his plays are one with his poetry
  15. his position in the american literature scene is secure
  16. he captures the mood, the feel, and the spirit of the blues
  17. he was considered a pioneer of modern black literature
  18. he was famous for his poems like "the negro sspeaks of rivers"
  19. some people say his work is lacking in depth
  20. stated that his poetry was concerned with the commonfolk

print source 2
Wintz, Cary D. "Langston Hughes: A Kansas Poet in the Harlem Renaissance." DISCovering Authors. Online ed. Detroit: Gale, 2003. Student Resource Center - Gold. Web. 30 Apr. 2010.
  1. harlem renaissance of the 1920's was the first major literary movement in the Negro's experience in America
  2. he was considered one of the most gifted writers of the period
  3. he emerged as the most brillant of harlems Renaissance poets
  4. focused his literary talents on the experiences of his youth
  5. his literatury had emphasis on erban themes
  6. he had racial pride
  7. his work produced a rare picture of black life in Kansas
  8. he refered to himself as a social poet
  9. he always addressed himself to the problems of living, breathing individuals
  10. he was a realist
  11. he published his second volume of poetry in 1927
  12. he directed his art toward the life and social problems of the lower classes
  13. he believed that there was more vitality among the lower classes
  14. exposed the oppressive nature of much of the work set aside for blacks
  15. never lost sight of the uncertainties of poverty
  16. he also examined the ghetto night clubs and cabarets where he found blacks at play
  17. his second major concern was life in harlem
  18. the bars, streets, and tenements of the negro metropolis formed a constant background for much of his work
  19. he became preoccupied with the question of the negros racial identity
  20. he died in new york city on may 22, 1967